I think Cuba is just wising up to what really keeps people from a revolution; commercialism.
I recently asked my (admittedly trashy and ignorant) neighbor why he thinks America is the land of the free. His response was something, that to be quite honest, I am not clever enough to have thought up in a million years.
"America is free because here I can buy any truck I want, any TV I want or eat out whenever I feel like. I can take my family to amusement parks, or to the movies and no one tries to stop me! No one here is telling me how to live my life!"
Sounds like Cuba is taking a page out of America's play book.
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I think Cuba is just wising up to what really keeps people from a revolution; commercialism.
I recently asked my (admittedly trashy and ignorant) neighbor why he thinks America is the land of the free. His response was something, that to be quite honest, I am not clever enough to have thought up in a million years.
"America is free because here I can buy any truck I want, any TV I want or eat out whenever I feel like. I can take my family to amusement parks, or to the movies and no one tries to stop me! No one here is telling me how to live my life!"
Sounds like Cuba is taking a page out of America's play book.